UCL Astronomers Find Water On Extra-Solar Planet

UCL Astronomers Find Water On Extra-Solar Planet

Dr. Giovanna Tinetti ( read her interview with Scientific Blogging's Douglas Blane here ) of the European Space Agency and UCL’s Department of Physics & Astronomy has discovered that a planet…
Astronomers Find The Most Distant Known Galaxies

Astronomers Find The Most Distant Known Galaxies

Using natural ‘gravitational lenses’, an international team of astronomers claim to have found a hint of a population of the most distant galaxies yet seen - the light we see from them today left…
Stellar Tiramisu

Stellar Tiramisu

Looking at the chemical composition of stars that host planets, astronomers have found that while dwarf stars often show iron enrichment on their surface, giant stars do not. The astronomers think…
Dawn's Early Light: Ceres and Vesta

Dawn's Early Light: Ceres and Vesta

After a frustrating set of July launch delays, a decision has been made by the Dawn Project to launch Dawn in its September / October launch window. Update: The September 27 launch was a success…
Hydrocarbons Found On Saturn's Moon

Hydrocarbons Found On Saturn's Moon

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has revealed for the first time surface details of Saturn's moon Hyperion, including cup-like craters filled with hydrocarbons that may indicate more widespread presence in…
Farewell to Jules Verne - The Spacecraft, That Is

Farewell to Jules Verne - The Spacecraft, That Is

Jules Verne is the first of five ATVs ESA plans to use to send cargo to the Station. The development, production and launch of the first vehicle have cost over 11 years around 1.3 billion Euros. Each…